-ster,-eer,-er(or) 意为:从事某种职业或参与某种活动的人(person engaged in an occupation or activity)例词:gamester,gangster,songster,engineer,profiteer,mountaineer,auctioneer,driver,teacher,director,actor,professor
-ive 意为:有……属性的;有某种倾向的(having the nature or quality of;given or tending to)例词:attractive, talkative,restrictive,defensive,preventive,constructive,sensitive
副词
常见的此类后缀及其具体含义如下:
-ly 意为:以……方式(in a...manner;etc.)
例词:happily, boldly,attentive- ly,strangely
-ward(s) 意为:表示方式或动作的方向(manner and direction of movement)例词:onward(s),backward(s),earthward(s),homeward(s),eastward(s)
-wise 意为:1)按照……方式(in the manner of)例词:crabwise,clockwise2)就……而言(asfar as...is concerned)例词:weatherwise ,educationwise